Two-year extension for Jaylen Warren

Sure if Jaylen gets the yips
Tomlins patience be Warren thin.

 

Didn't Najee sign a 1 year deal with the Bolts?

 

The ongoing discussion of the two backs was dragged into this thread. I did not do the dragging, but I'm certainly not going to stop supporting my side of it here. The Steelers went with the lesser back because he is cheaper, younger, and has less mileage on him. I'm sure Harris being vocal about wanting running backs to get paid was a factor, too.

If the question is only who do they think is the better back, the answer was made clear on the field when they played Harris more and gave him the ball more.

 

Tomlin has very little tolerance for turn overs.

 

Doesn’t seem debatable

But I’m guessing it will be

 

Apparently not

 

Just because you liked your ex wife to marry her doesn’t mean she is your favorite now

Warren is the favorite now

See isn’t that simple

And the money comment is pure foolishness

 

I am not contradicting myself at all. I am not saying they chose the lesser back only to save about $1 million. I stated four reasons why they chose to hang on to Warren while letting Harris go. I don't know why you chose to leave three of them out. Warren is younger. He has less mileage on his body. He has not been vocal about teams needing to pay running backs like Harris. You chose to ignore those reasons, so your post does not accurately reflect my argument.

Your claim regarding money is also dubious. Harris would have only been under team control for one year with a $7 million commitment. Warren will make slightly more this season, but the team has him locked up for three seasons while only being committed to paying him $12 million. They got Warren longer for less average guaranteed money per season.

So no, it is not clear at all that they think Warren is better. They think he is younger, with less mileage, and not vocal in a way they don't like. If you look at guaranteed money per season and years of control, you could argue that Warren is still cheaper, too.

This all ignores the very good chance that Warren will not play the same role as Harris, at least not in the long term. He could continue to play the same role has for the team if Kaleb Johnson can be what they hope he is. Warren still needs to show he can stay healthy and protect the ball while getting more touches.

 

Actually they (I believe) accounted for fumbles lost, not actually the fumbles.
Again I will not talk bad, he is our running back, and Najee isn't. Nuff said.